Re: Using tabs instead of spaces

[Joe R. Nassimian]

Ok, just worked out part of the problem, which as it turns out is not a
problem when I searched the mailing lists.

I found part of my answer here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-indent/2007-05/msg00015.html

1) state the version of indent you are using.
GNU indent 2.2.10

2) State on which platform you are running.
On Ubuntu 10.10, uname returns: 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat
Oct 16 20:45:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux


3) Exactly which command options you used.
--use-tabs \
--tab-size 4 \
--indent-level 4 \
--start-left-side-of-comments \
--leave-preprocessor-space

I still get spaces in front of some if keywords instead of tabs.

Thanks again for your help,

Joe R. Nassimian

P.S. I use to think tabs are bad for indenting, but turns out I was wrong.
Imagine you are working in a team with each developer having a
different preference.
I prefer tabs to be sized to 4 spaces, others in the team I work prefer 2 or 8.
Using tabs allows me to adjust the spacing size in my editor, without
imposing it on others.
On top of that, you use one character instead of 4 or 2 when you use tabs.



On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Joe R. Nassimian <
address@hidden> wrote:

> I am trying to format a program's source code with GNU Indent, and I would
> like to have it indented using the GNU style, except for the spaces.
>
> I am using --use-tabs (which according to the documentation is on by
> default) but indentation is still done using 2 spaces.
>
> How can I tell indent to use tabs instead of spaces for indentation?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Joe R. Nassimian
>